Football

Perry has signed with Sydney FC in a deal she hopes will allow her to continue representing Australia at both football and cricket.

Anzhi qualified for the group stage of the Europa League for the first time on Thursday.

Falcao scored a hat-trick as the Spanish side beat Champions League winner Chelsea 4-1 in the European Super Cup.

Carvalho had been linked with a move to English club Queens Park Rangers.

The last time Real stayed winless after two La Liga matches was in the 2001-02 season.

Defending champion Real Madrid have made the worst start to their Spanish league in 39 years.

Lionel Messi scored a pair of late goals as Barcelona came from behind to win 2-1 at Osasuna.

The 30-year-old Cassano had filed a transfer request following Milan's sale of Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

AC Milan chief executive confirmed the possible swap of his player Cassano with rivals Inter's Pazzini.

Ferdinand was found guilty of improper conduct over a Twitter comment about Chelsea rival Ashley Cole.

Ronaldo scored his 36th international goal in Portugal's 2-0 win over Panama, while Spain beat Puerto Rico 2-1.

The Juventus coach has received a 10-month suspension for his role in the match-fixing scandal.

The striker was included in the squad for the friendlies against Manchester United and Dinamo Bucharest.

Barcelona's failure to win La Liga helped them post a record 48.8 million euro profit for the 2011-12 season.

The Liverpool striker has claimed that he tried to shake hands with the France defender when they met at Old Trafford but says that "it was all arranged against me again".

Argentina World Cup winner Maradona, 51, was sacked last week with a year left on his two-year contract.